Peak Oil, Climate Change, and the Limits to China's Economic Growth - Li, Minqi (Taylor and Francis, 2014)
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; 1 Peak oil, climate change, and China; 2 China and the capitalist world system; 3 Energy and the economy; 4 Peak oil; 5 Peak energy and the limits to global economic growth; 6 Peak energy and the limits to China's economic growth; 7 The crisis of Chinese capitalism; 8 China and climate change; 9 Transition to the end of growth; Bibliography; Index
This book studies the limits imposed by the depletion of fossil fuels and the requirements of climate stabilization on economic growth with a focus on China. The book intends to examine the potentials of various energy resources, including oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear, wind, solar, and other renewables, as well as energy efficiency. Unlike many other books on the subject, this book intends to argue that, despite the large potentials of renewable energies and energy efficiency, economic growth eventually will have to be brought to an end as China and the world undertake the transition fro